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No. 372,466. Patented Nov. 1,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT F. HASKINS AND THOMAS B. COX, OF KINSTQN, NORTH CAROLINA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Paten No. 372.466, dated November1, 1887.

Application filedJuly ll, 1887. Serial No. li3,9fi0. (No mndelJ' To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT F. HASKINS and THOMAS B. Cox, of Kinston, inthe county of Lenoir and State of North Carolina, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Shell Crimpers; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the figures and letters of reference markedthereon.

The object of the present invention is to produce a shell-crimperadapted to crimp any number of shells at one operation; and to this endit consists in the arrangement and combinations of parts and details ofconstruction, to be hereinafter described, and pointed out particularlyin the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of acrimper constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is asectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

The operative parts of the crimper are mounted upon a base, A, adaptedto be secured to a table or other support by a clip, a, and thumb-screwb, as shown. Rising from this base are two upright portions or frames,one, B, having openings therein, in which are secured light "barrels B,constituting guides for and supporting the shells while being crimped,the other, 0, serving as a support for the crimper-heads, as will now beexplained.

A number of rotary heads corresponding to the guides or supports in theupright B have their bearings in the upright C and constitute theturning or crimping part of the apparatus. They are so constructed withgrooves c and beveled lugs c in them as that Q they will, when broughtinto engagement with 7 the edge of a shell, turn and crimp the same.

ably support the shaft of the larger gear-wheel, D, in two bearings, onein the upright O and the other in the end of standard E, rising from thebase-piece. The shells, having been placed in the barrels B, are forcedinto'the crimperheads by the forward movement of the plate or section F,having U-shaped pieces thereon, provided with suitable means forengaging the heads of the shells and preventing their rotation.

The movable section F takes its bearing in the slots formed by the clipsG, audis moved forward or backward by the hand-lever H, hinging on thebase-piece and connected to said section F by the two arms orlink-connections I. It will thus be seen that the section F will bedrawn out or moved longitudinally at both top and bottom simultaneously.

In order to strengthen the uprights B and 0, they are provided at theirbases wit-l1 braces or supports K.

The operation of crimping the loaded shells is as follows: A number aretaken by the operator and inserted in the barrels B. The section F isthen moved up, forcing the shells into the crimping-heads, when thecrank D is turned and the edge of the' shell turned in upon itself orcrimped.

We do not wish to be limited to her of crimpers that may be embodiedinone machine, as it is obvious that they may vary from two to as many ascan be placed around thecentral driving-wheel, which latter may be ofany desired size.

It is obvious that the machine may be run by power, the crimper-headsbeing constantly the numshells when the latter are forced in againstthem.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is- 1. In ashell-crimper, the combination,with two or more guides or supports forthe shells and rotary crimper-heads corresponding thereto, having theirbearings'in a fixed frame and driven by a common power, of bearings forengaging the bases of the shells, preventing their rotation, and forcingthem inward against the crimper-heads, substantially as described.

2. In a shell-crimper, the combination,with two or more guides orsupports for the shells and rotary crimper -heads corresponding thereto,having their bearings in a fixed frame and driven by a common power, ofbearings for engaging the bases of the shells, operated by a singlelever for forcing the shells inward against the erimper-heads,substantially as described.

3. In a shell-crimper, the combination,with the guides for the shellsand the movablescction for forcing them inward, of the series of rotarycrimper-heads mounted in a fixed frame, and having gear-wheels thereon,all of which derive motion from an intermediate gearwheel, substantiallyas described.

4. The combination, with a shell-crimper provided with two or morerotary criinperheads and guides corresponding therewith, of a movableplate or section for forcing said I shells into the rotary erimpers,connected to heads and guides corresponding therewith, of

a movable plate or section. for forcing said shells into the rotarycrimpers having its bearings in slots and connected to a lever orequivalent device by two or more link-connections,

whereby it is moved longitudinally at top and bottom simultaneously,substantially as described.

ALBERT F. HASKINS. THOMAS B. COX. Witnesses:

W. T. CAST,- GEo. D. BIZZELL.

